Dear council,
As a Menlo Park resident, I trust the advocacy of my neighborhood association & thus an also sending a letter of support for the following 7 items to help ensure legally compliant and socially just Housing and Environmental Justice Elements:
* Expanded rent control measures (referenced explicitly by 4 public commenters).
* Just Cause for Eviction for tenants of any tenure.
* Relocation assistance for no-cause evictions paid by the landlord, equal to four months rent (or more for families with special needs).
* In-person, in-language, culturally competent, expert tenant education delivered at least four times per year.
* A right to legal counsel at no expense for people faced with eviction proceedings.
* The distribution of new housing throughout the city and in high-resource areas and transportation corridors, not concentrated in Belle Haven.
* Supporting the creation of a community land trust or other vehicle to acquire property to use to build deeply affordable housing.
Respectfully,
Rachael Kaci
Belle haven resident since 2010
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